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type: "Bill"
title: "Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to notify the appropriate court when the department has knowledge that a foster parent from a kinship placement violated a court order by allowing a child to visit the child's parent within 96 hours of the department's knowledge of the information. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39."
description: "Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to notify the appropriate court when the department has knowledge that a foster parent from a kinship placement violated a court order by allowing a child to visit the child's parent within 96 hours of the department's knowledge of the information. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1145"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1145 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children's Services", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Littleton", "White"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3418439-0971-4a52-aa61-a14d817fb55f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1145&GA=112"
source_hash: "148384324f91340238f91df7ad0098e9b6fd0586d423b5cdcf7ae91b28ba23f6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---
# Tennessee SB 1145 (112) — Children's Services, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to notify the appropriate court when the department has knowledge that a foster parent from a kinship placement violated a court order by allowing a child to visit the child's parent within 96 hours of the department's knowledge of the information. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 39.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0315** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0315.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0397** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0397.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1145.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/20/2021 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — **900** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILY AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee 4/7/2021 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/29/2021 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/26/2021 Passed (2) — **920** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CIVIL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/14/2021 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Littleton — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2021-03-24** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2021-03-24** Sponsor change.
- **2021-03-30** Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on s/c cal Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Civil Justice Committee for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Civil Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-14** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-26** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0315) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-27** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021
- **2021-04-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-29** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-29** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0397)
- **2021-04-29** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-03** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 5/4/21
- **2021-05-04** H. concurred in S. am. no. SA1 Ayes 90, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB1268
- **2021-05-06** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-05-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-14** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 542
- **2021-06-01** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-06-01** Pub. Ch. 542
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3418439-0971-4a52-aa61-a14d817fb55f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).